Can You Take Chantix When Pregnant?
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Chantix
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Chantix is a prescription drug for smoking cessation. Varenicline is another name for Chantix.
How Chantix Works
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When you smoke, nicotine from the cigarette prompts your brain to release dopamine, a chemical that causes a pleasurable feeling. Chantix prompts your brain to release dopamine in lower levels, so you avoid nicotine withdrawal symptoms such as irritability. Chantix also prevents nicotine from causing a dopamine release so that smoking is no longer as pleasurable.
How to Take Chantix
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People usually take Chantix for 12 weeks. At first, they take a low dose once per day. They gradually step up to a larger dose twice per day.
Side Effects
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Chantix may cause nausea, vivid dreams, headaches, and other side effects. Chantix may worsen existing mental conditions or cause such conditions to reoccur.
Chantix and Pregnancy
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No studies have been conducted on Chantix use in pregnant or breastfeeding women. Therefore, if you are pregnant, may become pregnant, or are breastfeeding, you should not use Chantix.
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